Get the latest Science News and Discoveries

A 25,000-Year-Old Drug Habit Was Hidden in Ancient Teeth


Ancient teeth suggest humans were using psychoactive betel nuts 25,000 years ago, pushing the history of habitual drug use deep into the Ice Age.

None

Get the Android app

Or read this on SciTech Daily

Read more on:

Photo of Year

Year

Photo of ancient teeth

ancient teeth

Photo of old drug habit

old drug habit

Related news:

News photo

Scientists Solve a 4,000-Year-Old Mystery About Britain’s Giant Standing Stones

News photo

Ancestral commemorative head: A 500-year-old brass bust depicting an African king

News photo

90-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals a Small Dinosaur Living Along Japan’s Coast